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Use care with search details. Information entered into an outside search box goes to the provider that runs it, while an email to the operator may be kept to answer a message. Alleghany County court clerks and the Sheriff's Office maintain public records under separate office rules. Virginia FOIA reaches existing records held by public bodies, while personal data sent to a private search provider follows that provider's own terms. Review those terms before entering a name or other personal information. Use the office that holds a record to ask about its collection and release rules.

Data You Give Us Directly

Search Queries

If you enter a name or date of birth in a search box, the information is sent to the outside provider that runs that service. The provider processes the query and returns its results. This site does not keep a log of those terms on its own servers.

Messages and Contact Submissions

When you email us, we retain the message so we can respond. It stays with the people handling site correspondence unless law requires disclosure.

Data We Gather Automatically

A page request may create ordinary technical logs. These can include:

  • The browser name and version
  • The Internet address assigned to your device
  • Operating system and device category
  • Pages opened and approximate visit length
  • The referring page, when one is supplied
  • Dates and times associated with page requests

Cookies and Analytics

Cookies are small files a browser may store on your device. They can help measure page use and general traffic patterns through analytics tools. You can block or clear cookies in your browser settings, although some site features may then work differently.

What We Do With This Data

  • Maintaining the pages and fixing technical faults
  • Passing a search request to the provider that operates the box
  • Measuring broad page use to improve site navigation
  • Keeping the service available and responsive
  • Displaying advertising, which may use separate partner data

No Warrant Data on File

Alleghany County Warrant Records does not host, compile, or sell a database of warrant entries or private case files. The pages describe where public case information may be found and how to contact the Alleghany Circuit, General District, and JDR clerks or the Sheriff's Office. Virginia OCIS is case information, not a complete public warrant repository. Visitor information is not assembled here into consumer reports about other people.

Third-Party Search Partners

Outside companies operate the search boxes. Any information entered there is handled under the provider's privacy terms, including its own retention and sharing practices. Those rules are outside our control, so read the provider's policy before using a search tool.

Links to Other Websites

Links may lead to Virginia court case searches, county or city offices, public-record laws, and outside search services. Once you leave this site, the destination's privacy rules apply. Review them before entering personal information.

Advertising partners may use their own tools to measure visits or tailor ads across services. Those tools run under the partner's systems.

Who Might See Your Data

We do not sell personal data. Information may be handled by:

  • Analytics providers that measure general site traffic
  • Search partners that receive entries made in their boxes
  • Advertising networks that serve page ads
  • Government or law-enforcement bodies when valid legal process requires disclosure

How We Protect Your Data

Reasonable technical and organizational steps are used to protect information handled by the site. No internet system can be guaranteed free of risk, so we cannot promise that unauthorized access will never occur.

Users Under 18

The site is intended for adults, and we do not knowingly collect personal details from people under 18. If you believe a minor has sent information to us, contact the site so the request can be reviewed and the information removed where appropriate.

Your Data Rights

For records held by a Virginia public body, the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Va. Code ยงยง 2.2-3700 et seq., provides a route to request existing non-exempt records. FOIA governs public-body records; it does not create access to a private website's internal files. You may also ask this site's operator to:

  • Explain what visitor information is retained
  • Correct contact details that you supplied
  • Remove correspondence or visitor information where applicable
  • Stop optional data use when the relevant service permits it

Updates to This Policy

This policy may be revised when site practices or legal requirements change. The current text and its effective date will appear here; review it again if you continue to use the site.

Effective date: September 23, 2026